Return to Santa Flores: A Loveswept Classic Romance

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One Touch of Topaz. Across the River of Yesterday. A Tough Man to Tame. Many years later, Jenny is 19 and returns to Las Vegas to claim independence and earn her own living. Meeting Steve again, she realizes her feelings have changed, but he continues to treat her like a protector guardian..

Both were extremely exasperating- and the ending was sudden. I finished this book in 3 hours maybe 4 and it was an interesting read. He was not very romantic! And I feel like it was focused more on seduction than love and emotions. I dont necessarily like him but I don't hate him either, sometimes he's so emotional and he's so sweet and sometimes its just like boy you so mean!!!

I think the book had a really fast pace, everything went by I finished this book in 3 hours maybe 4 and it was an interesting read. I think the book had a really fast pace, everything went by really really fast. I would have liked it if things went a little slower and Steve Jason's emotions were written about a little more. He was seriously really creepy at times, he always ended up where she was, like he was stalking her.

He was really possessive and I felt as if the main character Jenny was not a very strong character. She was left alone as a child and was ignored and not loved she should had a stronger personality. The author writes that she has been in love with him since she was a child but there was not a lot of emotional content in this story it was just like i love you Steve, I want you Steve, I want to obey you Steve but at the same time Im going to go disobey you.

Yes sometimes he showed emotion that showed he really loves her but.. She wanted him even more after he humiliated her like that!! If I were her Id be really damn pissed and stay away from him. Feb 18, seton rated it liked it Shelves: I didnt find the transition from a brother-sister relationship to passionate love all that believable and I grew tired of the heroine's immaturity and propensity to get into trouble.

This is the first of two connected bks and the spinoff is No Red Roses. Mar 25, Sneha Jaiswal rated it it was amazing. I absolutely adored this book. Steve genuinely loved jenny though she put him through hell. Steve loved Jenny so much that he wa what a lovely treasure!! Steve loved Jenny so much that he was ready to sacrifice his love for her to give her a better future!

I desperately wanted an epilogue as I wanted to see what new troubles jenny created for poor Steve. I give this book 5-stars for sheer absurdity. If you can suspend your disbelief and want to be taken on a completely implausible and thankfully brief ride of a bit of s sex and glamour, then by all means give Return to Flores a go.

Let's just look at some of the book's issues: It's set in But it's the s: Jackie Collins, shoulder pads, career women. Women are no longer I give this book 5-stars for sheer absurdity. Women are no longer considered infants-under-male-protection by the age of nineteen. Yes - you read that correctly - nineteen. Had he not seen her for eight years, then reencounters her as an adult woman, that might have been more palatable. I'm also all for a bit of "ravishment" but literally every guy in this book bar the chef who must be gay is a terrifying predator.

There are FOUR different guys in this book who "have a go" at Jenny - from aggressively flirty to actual sexual assault seriously: You want a job? So you're quitting school at nineteen who is still at high school at nineteen, by the way? How about going to London and actually getting a job as a waitress? Suddenly he's decided to marry her to "protect" her. Then just as suddenly we find out it's only a marriage of convenience wtf? It's not a normal right of passage for adult women to legally marry an ersatz male relative for a few years to protect their virginity.

At least not in any reality I'm aware of. Then of course they do consummate the marriage. By this stage you're so irritated with the pair of them that you couldn't really care less about what they do. Then it becomes all about how "he's not letting her get pregnant" and he's making gyno appointments for her. She lasts no more than about two hours in a supposedly seedy sex motel before every.

Truly, she is really is beyond pathetic. Then they reunite, and it's all about having a baby. Frankly I'm revulsed by the pair of you, but relieved to finally be on the last page. Apologies for the massive amount of spoilers in this, but it's one of the most absurd books I've ever read. I'm still wondering if I've missed something. I regularly read historical romances where heroines are even younger, and they still manage to have courage, initiative and determination: Jenny has none of these.

Jul 23, Amanda Sheila rated it really liked it Shelves: Well well well, what a crazy quick reading.

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When Steve asked her to marry him, Jenny's flabbergasted. She's been in love with him practically since forever. The way Steve treated her always made her heart pound faster. But she wants him to her out of love, not protection only. Jenny wants Steve to treated her as a woman, not as a child he saved eight years ago.. One thing that bother me, Steve was thirty five when he met Jenny. And Jenny was eleven. You do the math. Yes, twenty four years gap be Well well well, what a crazy quick reading.

Yes, twenty four years gap between them, practically a generation. But, the way Steve protect Jenny is soooo sweet I can't help but giggled all the way. I don't really like the ending though, could've been better. It's like you need to sneeze but you can't. Overall, this book's charming. Looking forward to read another book of its author. Dec 28, Kristin rated it did not like it Shelves: This book was disappointing. The main character, Jenny, felt very naive and young throughout the novel and kept trying to assert her independence as an adult by doing things that really portrayed her as a child.

She leaves her husband without a plan in what appears to be a desperate attempt for attention from him. Her scheme to make her husband jealous was another example of her immaturity and made reading this with her as the heroine very difficult to enjoy. Jenny and Steve's relationship also This book was disappointing.

Jenny and Steve's relationship also felt forced. Overall, just not a great book. View all 3 comments.

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Feb 07, Roub rated it really liked it. Jul 04, Bookfetish rated it really liked it. I enjoyed this novel by Iris Johansen, I think because of two elements that appealed to me: The oh so romantic notion of guardian turns lover in Steve, as well as the absolutely delightfully naive Jenny.

This was a lovely, romantic read, however my best ever Iris Johansen read is still " White Satin". I actually ended up reading "Return to Santa Flores" because it reminded me of "White Satin", so I thought of giving it a try instead of re-reading "White Satin" for the umpteenth time and I'm gla I enjoyed this novel by Iris Johansen, I think because of two elements that appealed to me: I actually ended up reading "Return to Santa Flores" because it reminded me of "White Satin", so I thought of giving it a try instead of re-reading "White Satin" for the umpteenth time and I'm glad I did!

Some of the romance authors have been re-releasing older books. This one is from It is dated as a romance novel. It isn't so much anything in the book but the attitudes. He takes great care to keep all emotional involvement with others to a bare minimum—with only one exception. Jenny has always been incredibly important to him. But how can he keep her safe when she seems oblivious to her own stunning beauty and the reactions she gets from other men?

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